Today, the focus will be... narwhals!
- The "horn" of a narwhal is actually an iron tusk that grows from its upper jaw and protrudes through the upper lip.
- The male narwhal's horn can grow up to 8.8 feet (2.7 meters) long.
- Females sometimes grow horns as well, but they aren't as long.
- Narwhals live in groups call pods, which usually range from 25 to 20. However, gatherings of hundreds, or even thousands, of narwhals have been seen.
- Narwhals communicate with squeals, trills, and clicks.
- The color of the narwhal changes as it ages. Newborns are blueish-gray, juveniles blueish-black, and adults are mottled gray. Old ones are almost completely white.
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![Photo: A pod of narwhals](http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/006/cache/narwhal_642_600x450.jpg)
![](http://animalfactguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Narwhals_breach-1024x651.jpg)
Awesome job with this! Thank you so much for posting (I love your signature, and the post was AWESOME, AMAZING & WONDERFUL!!) when I couldn't post the Animal Facts yesterday. >.<
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